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I.D.E.A. Pig Speakers, cool thumping sound from a pig’s belly!
With all the hype surrounding the swine flu and people running scared just at the sight of a pig, there’s one piggy/porky/hog that gadget junkies just can’t resist bringing home. Yep, you got it right; the ceramic pig-shaped speakers by...
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Duracell battery phone, the buzz is around
Duracell and phones usually have nothing in common, but now they do. The Duracell battery phone comes up at a time when there are tons of tech savvy phones around, so sure it’s something different. I think the best part is the pricing ($10) because.
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Sony PS3 gets augumented-reality-based Eyepet game
Good news for those who have always wanted to have a pet but dropped the idea just because of the mess they create: Sony PlayStation 3 is out with its latest release, the Eyepet, which enables players to fiddle around with their virtual pet using a.
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Lighted gestures let your hands do the driving
Stick it on your window, on the rear window of your car or anywhere you like, and you surely won’t go unnoticed. It's based on electroluminescent technology which creates seven animated hand gestures that can be controlled by a remote and it...
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A robot for a sushi chef
Baba Tekkosho Co., a Japanese food machinery maker displayed their ‘Sushi Chef Robot’ at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo, yesterday. This chef robot, and its ability to handle fragile sushi items is bound to...
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Credit card sized MP3 player – Now that’s thin!
The latest MP3 player to make an impression comes from the land of the rising sun. Shaped like a credit card, the MP3 player uses an OLED display with dimensions of 85 x 54 mm, 3.5mm audio jack and it is 3mm at the thinnest point. Sadly, there is no..
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Takasugi-an - A tree-house by Terunobu Fujimori
Takasugi-an : a tree-house by Terunobu Fujimori! Agreed, there is nothing special or overwhelming about this tree-house, from design to safety measures, it sucks big time. But, when I saw the picture (after the jump) of the man behind it, a man well..
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Coolest pic of the day - Ski toilet
A Japanese coffee company, Georgia Max Coffee, modified the bathrooms of ski areas around Japan to promote their coffee energy drinks. The comfort stations atop the ski resorts handle the bathroom business in a conventional manner, only the interiors.
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Robot teacher – I don’t need no education!
Robots everywhere…talk about guiding traffic, help graduates sign up courses, provide company to Alzheimer's sufferers to teaching now! Hiroshi Kobayashi, a science professor at the University of Tokyo, had been working on her latest teacher, a...
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Quick calculator exam!
The Japanese are renowned for their agility. Be it the martial arts or a calculation contest (using a calculator) to see who can calculate the fastest, they somehow have an upper hand. The video above features 263 calculator speed freaks from...
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Calling a pool table cool, requires…
Let’s keep a balanced approach. Never mind the price ($200,000), cuz the majority of us can’t afford a pool table for a price like that. If not possess, we can at least take pride that technology has given us a platform where we can sit and enjoy...
Lego Star Wars chess set features two figures on one piece
Combining Legos with the sublime futurism of Star Wars for a game of chess, Hollywood’s Lego fan Brandon Griffith has got us a game of chess in a way too different, even more vivid than the other Star Wars pieces we seen gracing the chess boards...
Thanko’s latest MP3 player is a wonder of miniaturization
In order to sustain, brands have to keep up with the rapid technological advancements of today. Given the present day scenario, with portability clause on the rise, brands have to focus on making small things smaller. As the saying goes, all good...
Metal sculpture – Recycled Grenade Bug Bomb
Fred Conlon is an American artist known for bringing garbage back to life. What for you is a piece of junk, for him, it’s raw material from which he creates some marvelous handcrafted metal sculptures. Featured above, is one of his creations using.
